>  Sometime ago (I think in january), there was a post in this list
> about installing a hard drive up side down. There was a reply
> (from Mark Barron, I guess) which said that it is ok as long as all
> levels of formatting are done in the same orientation.
>  I could not understand why this should matter. I thought
> it was more of a problem with bearings and stuff. How does the
> orientation of the disk affect the formatting? Also, what does
> he mean by "all levels of formatting"?

        The orientation doesn't matter anymore. In the days of stepper motor
movements the orientation of the drive WAS important since there was no
position feedback going on, in these days all drives use voice coil
movements and active feedback which is immune from the effects of a drive
being on it's side or back. I've had drives in a variety of orientations
running for years without any problems. TTYL

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